These are some quotes that have influenced me in some way throughout my life:
- “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” -Eeyore
- “The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
- “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” -King Melchizedek from “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coehlo
- “Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy.” -Robert Anthony
- “Much unhappiness has come into this world because of things left unsaid.” -Fyodor Dostoevski
- “No race has ever been won in the first corner; many races have been lost there.” -Garth Stein
- “If you only do what you know you can do – you never do very much.” -Tom Krause
- “I think I have always had a feeling that if I was given some opportunity to do the thing I was most interested in doing, everything else would somehow take care of itself.” Carl R. Rogers, On Becoming a Person
One Comment
Cody,
Most of these are in my collection, too.
The Alchemist is my favorite book.
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
This one is new to me, I think I like it. I connect to the word. I take in the wisdom.
I wish you well.
~ Jeques